The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 1905
Waning Gibbous
69.9% 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
11:54 PM
10:32 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -9.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.20° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.08° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.