The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2016
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
9:14 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 218.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.85° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.39° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.