The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1908
Last Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
12:58 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -180
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.94° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.