The Moon on this date

Moon on Friday, June 21, 1935

Waning Gibbous

71.7% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
41°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
71.7%
Age
20.3 days
Distance
367,500 km
Apparent size
32.5′
Constellation
Aquarius
Lunation number
154

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

Exact values

For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun244.29°
Phase angle64.22°
Illuminated fraction71.75%
Altitude / azimuth-6.1° / 265.7°
Right ascension / declination22h 17m / -6.93°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude333.64° / 3.48°
Libration in longitude / latitude-0.23° / -4.13°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-63.38° / 0.61°
Position angle of the axis340.3°
Position angle of the bright limb67.5°
Apparent magnitude-11.0

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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