The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 24, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
3:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 33.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.26° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.38° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.