The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
3:27 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1082
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 | 146.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -23.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.82° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.60° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.