The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1930
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
5:02 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 92
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 236.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.98° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.35° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.