The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
3:11 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 847
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 47.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.84° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.38° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.