The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 22, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
1:54 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 241
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 | 99.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -1.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.51° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.36° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.