The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 2152
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
11:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2838
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 | 243.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.12° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.18° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.