The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 22, 2171
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
10:53 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3073
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.0° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.65° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.77° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.