The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
4:21 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -56
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 360.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.94° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.54° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.