The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1996
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
12:53 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.08° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.78° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.