The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1963
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
9:25 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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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 | 2.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 121.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 21.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.95° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.31° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.