The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
11:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1057
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 | 247.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.91° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.88° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.20° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| 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.