The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 1992
Last Quarter
46.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
2:06 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 859
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.23° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.