The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1986
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
6:04 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 785
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 | 187.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.24° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.