The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1940
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
8:52 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 216
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 | 213.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.13° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.