The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
2:37 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 711
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 | 113.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.78° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.77° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.