The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
5:33 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 317.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.67° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.98° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.