The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 2003
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
2:32 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 995
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 | 281.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.55° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.24° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.