The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 2017
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
9:38 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.30° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.67° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.