The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1905
Waning Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 PM
9:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -217
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 | 235.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.85° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.88° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.