The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
1:54 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2690
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.98° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.18° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.