The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
3:09 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1230
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.58° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.03° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.