The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
2:11 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 104.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.69° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.56° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.