The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 2034
First Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
1:19 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1379
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.94° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.42° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.