The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 2144
Last Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
2:10 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2739
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.90° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.01° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.