The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 23, 2198
Waning Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3407
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.06° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.16° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.