The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 2066
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
9:51 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1775
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 111.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 52m / 22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.91° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.07° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.