The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
2:28 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 241
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 | 112.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.24° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.15° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.