The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2107
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
11:06 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2282
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 | 35.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 98.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.55° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.77° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.