The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 11, 2023
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
2:22 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 243.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.22° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.