The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 2106
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
11:45 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2269
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -4.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.80° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.28° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.18° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.