The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
3:19 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 48.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -10.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.05° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.19° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.