The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1938
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
4:31 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 302.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 243.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.56° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.53° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.92° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.