The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
8:14 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 206.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 282.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.76° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| 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.