The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 748
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 | 160.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.54° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.79° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.