The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1974
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
11:41 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 637
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 | 48.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 10.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.13° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.72° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.