The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 1989
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 822
Events on this date
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Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Saturn and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.77° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.19° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.