The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1960
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
8:33 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 463
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.1° / 139.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.95° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.89° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.