The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1923
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
1:17 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 2.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.66° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.40° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.