The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
4:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 179
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 | 154.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 11.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.71° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.95° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.