The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1909
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
11:17 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -167
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 | 44.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.40° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.19° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.