The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
1:57 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1045
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.83° / -3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.38° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.