The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1928
Waxing Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
12:02 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- 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 Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.81° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.89° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.