The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 2017
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
7:28 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1168
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 | 339.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.8° / 175.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.89° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.82° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.