The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1970
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
11:57 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -5.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.05° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.59° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.