The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 2079
Last Quarter
47.4% 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
1:39 AM
1:52 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1935
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 251.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.22° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.