The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 1998
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
9:29 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 934
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 | 6.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 119.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 40m / 19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.54° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.49° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.