The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 1948
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
7:36 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.33° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.81° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.