The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 1986
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
8:34 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 785
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 | 215.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.04° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.39° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.