The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 2117
Last Quarter
45.4% 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
1:39 AM
2:05 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2405
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.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 2.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.69° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.61° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.