The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
3:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2257
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 | 148.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 28.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.14° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.77° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.