The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1973
Last Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
1:37 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 624
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 4.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.11° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.40° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.44° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.