The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 24, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
3:06 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.46° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.77° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| 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.