The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
1:40 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1849
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 | 97.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.11° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.82° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.