The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
1:41 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 810
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 | 103.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.09° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.