The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1950
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
12:45 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 340
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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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 | 70.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 9.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.18° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.22° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.