The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1921
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
7:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -19
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 | 194.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.82° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.21° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.