The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 23, 1924
Last Quarter
54.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
1:08 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 18
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -3.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.87° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.60° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.