The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
4:55 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 336.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.57° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.75° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.