The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1957
Waning Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
3:52 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 295.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 11.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.02° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.50° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.