The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 2015
First Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
1:20 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.08° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.98° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.