The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1965
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
12:54 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 525
Events on this date
-
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 | 263.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.54° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.62° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.