The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1931
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
12:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 105
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 9.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.50° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.02° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.