The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2005
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
7:14 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.33° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.01° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.