The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
4:11 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 983
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 | 151.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 18.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.50° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.17° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.