The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
5:19 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 174.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.21° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.