The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 2011
Waning Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
2:54 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1094
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 50m / 10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.65° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.03° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| 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.