The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1902
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
5:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -254
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 323.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.08° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.93° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.