The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1981
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
12:58 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 263.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.39° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.03° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.