The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 2062
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
7:11 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1725
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.4° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -26.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.76° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.18° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.