The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
2:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2727
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.28° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.79° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.