The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1906
Waxing Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
9:24 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.84° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.87° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.