The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 1937
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
5:46 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -22.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.51° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.56° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.