The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 23, 2003
Waning Crescent
30.9% 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
2:30 AM
3:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 35m / 6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.46° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.47° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.