The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1938
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
2:19 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 277.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 6.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.66° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.46° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.