The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 22, 1908
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
2:06 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -180
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.82° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.16° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.