The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1969
First Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
1:10 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 575
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.27° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.18° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.