The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 22, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
2:21 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 377
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.22° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.96° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.