The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 2098
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
2:17 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2170
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.50° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / 1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.03° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.