The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 2024
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
6:07 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1255
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.59° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.61° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.