The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 24, 1974
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 637
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 | 61.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 89.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.72° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.48° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.