The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
5:01 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 513
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.6° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.19° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.37° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.