The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 1997
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 921
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.11° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.80° / -2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.79° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.