The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 2060
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
5:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1700
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.5° / 232.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.86° / 0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.13° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.