The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 23, 1902
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
7:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -254
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.19° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.32° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.