The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
5:23 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.85° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.59° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.