The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1932
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 117
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 | 221.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -20.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.22° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.58° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.