The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 2013
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
6:19 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.01° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.