The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1929
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
6:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.04° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.