The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 22, 2020
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
10:36 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.7° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.54° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.01° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.