The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1946
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
1:37 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 290
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.06° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.