The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
4:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.04° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.98° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.