The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
12:51 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.27° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.20° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.