The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1927
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
1:45 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 55
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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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / -3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.27° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.20° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.24° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.