The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 1911
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
3:46 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -143
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 | 306.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 13.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.38° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.05° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| 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.