The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1942
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
1:22 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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 | 87.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.23° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.58° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.