The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1962
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 488
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° 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 | 226.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.89° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.46° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.59° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.