The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1956
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
6:26 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.59° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.