The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Full Moon
99.5% 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
10:17 PM
6:01 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -28.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.23° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.82° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.8° |
| 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.