The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
5:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1589
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 321.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.05° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.