The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1984
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
4:42 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 760
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.90° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.13° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.