The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1962
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
1:11 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 488
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / -4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.39° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.21° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.