The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1913
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
7:30 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -118
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 214.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -23.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.45° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.30° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.