The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 24, 2190
Last Quarter
50.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
1:35 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3308
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.99° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.