The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1973
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
2:44 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 280.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 257.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 10.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.50° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / -6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.66° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.