The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1940
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
7:52 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 216
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 | 201.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.23° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.