The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 1917
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
10:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.27° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.64° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.