The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1901
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
11:24 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -266
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 4.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.95° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.53° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.