The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 1973
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
12:33 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 624
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.10° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.22° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.