The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1949
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
4:39 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 304.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.25° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.92° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.