The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1955
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
11:41 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 402
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 | 47.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.34° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.51° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.