The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1955
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
10:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.44° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.01° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.