The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 2004
Waxing Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:03 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1008
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 | 76.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.85° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.19° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.