The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 2019
Waning Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
11:51 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1193
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 257.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.83° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.17° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.