The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
4:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 16.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.50° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.96° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.