The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 23, 2171
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
11:58 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3073
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.38° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.98° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.