The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 2160
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
9:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2937
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 03m / -12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.55° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.56° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.