The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 2000
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
1:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 958
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / -4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.98° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.37° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.82° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| 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.