The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 1943
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
11:05 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 262.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.04° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.98° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.