The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1959
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
9:18 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 45m / -13.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.02° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.98° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.