The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1948
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
5:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.65° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 163.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.