The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1958
Waxing Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 439
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 | 54.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.00° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.87° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.