The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 2163
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:51 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2974
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.57° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.81° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.