The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
2:47 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1082
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 | 134.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.59° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.80° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.