The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 23, 2008
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 00m / -11.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.13° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.99° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.