The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 2073
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1861
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -14.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.47° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.54° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.