The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
2:05 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1230
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / -0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.80° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.