The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
5:05 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 550
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 | 172.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -26.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.48° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.97° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.1° |
| 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.