The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 2042
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
1:09 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1478
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 | 81.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 76.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.44° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / -2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.81° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.