The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 1923
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
9:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 18.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.78° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.36° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.83° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.