The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1962
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:01 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 488
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.19° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.00° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.