The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
12:58 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -229
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 | 103.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.84° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.48° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.