The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1941
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 AM
6:12 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 228
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.65° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.57° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.