The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
2:42 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 116.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.46° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.35° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.