The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 2053
First Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
1:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / 2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.13° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.84° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.