The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
3:07 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3098
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.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 49.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.32° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.57° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.