The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 23, 2042
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
12:48 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1478
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.47° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.04° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.