The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 2024
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
7:15 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1255
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -26.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.44° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.80° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.