The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1951
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
8:08 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 352
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.96° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.18° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.