The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 2012
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 58.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 90.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.36° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.85° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.