The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 1939
Waxing Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
12:42 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 204
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 80.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -0.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.46° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.21° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.