The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2039
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
10:55 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1441
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.52° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.19° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.