The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1959
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
10:23 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.78° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.17° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.