The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 2006
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
7:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1032
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.5° / 194.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.42° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.59° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.