The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1959
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
7:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart 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 | 191.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 295.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.17° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.59° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.