The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 22, 2197
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
12:44 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3395
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.95° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.41° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.