The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 25, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
3:47 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 34.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.05° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.57° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.