The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 2085
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
10:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2010
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.13° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.00° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.