The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1922
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
5:32 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -7
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.0° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.03° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.77° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.