The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1919
Last Quarter
45.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
2:13 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -44
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.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.67° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| 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.