The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 22, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
3:59 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1453
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 | 150.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 23.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.96° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.56° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.