The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 2099
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
12:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2183
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.32° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.87° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.