The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
1:52 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.72° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.18° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.