The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1916
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -81
Events on this date
-
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 | 259.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.35° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.29° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.