The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 2022
Last Quarter
55.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:59 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1230
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.56° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.58° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.