The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1997
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
8:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 921
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.18° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.40° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.