The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
2:10 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.8° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.26° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.06° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| 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.