The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1981
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
11:52 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 250.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.84° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.82° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| 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.