The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1960
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
6:50 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 332.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 191.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 08m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.12° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.