The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 22, 1987
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
6:12 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 797
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 | 320.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 228.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 21.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.81° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.53° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.