The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 377
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other 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 | 113.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.89° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.17° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.