The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1917
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
9:42 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
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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 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.25° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.89° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.