The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
5:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 649
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 | 167.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.7° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.03° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.39° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.