The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2011
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
1:56 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1094
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.77° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.81° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.