The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 2108
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
7:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2294
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.49° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.17° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.