The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 22, 1970
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
9:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 587
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 | 223.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.10° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.18° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.