The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 2005
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
8:34 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1020
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 | 215.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.39° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.20° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.