The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 24, 2168
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3036
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.60° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.38° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.