The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 29, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
2:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1243
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.96° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.54° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.