The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 23, 2152
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
12:10 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2838
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 20m / -9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.03° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.39° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.