The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 1960
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
9:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 464
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.82° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.86° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.