The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
3:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -12.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.07° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.35° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.