The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
5:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1230
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.05° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 148.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.