The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1921
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
9:08 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -19
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 278.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 35m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.74° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.61° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.