The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
3:46 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -13.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.08° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.15° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.