The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 24, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
4:46 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1688
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 | 165.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.7° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.06° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.57° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.