The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
1:01 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -93
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 | 117.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.57° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.05° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.