The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 22, 2015
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
12:21 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 70.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 5.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.44° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.43° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.