The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
4:31 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 11.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.27° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.70° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.