The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1977
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
12:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 674
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 | 67.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 5.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.30° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.82° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.