The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 2103
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
9:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2232
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.82° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.35° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.