The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1902
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
6:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -254
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.08° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.13° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.