The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 1976
Waning Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
4:36 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 303.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.24° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.31° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.