The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 1944
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
11:27 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 266
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 | 34.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.43° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.76° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.