The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2529
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.34° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.60° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.