The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 24, 1996
First Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
1:23 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -3.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.52° / -0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.56° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.