The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1957
Waning Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
2:53 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 283.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.71° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.27° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.