The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 2061
First Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
1:22 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1713
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.25° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.02° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.