The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 1900
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
3:46 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.2° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.89° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.82° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.