The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
3:10 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2257
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.33° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.97° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| 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.