The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1946
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
2:46 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 290
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 | 284.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.88° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.28° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.