The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 22, 2177
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
5:20 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3147
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.13° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.90° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.