The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1082
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 | 158.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.0° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.81° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.40° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.