The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 1994
Waning Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
7:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 884
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.79° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.80° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.