The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 1970
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
8:05 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 587
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,000 km.
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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 | 209.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.38° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.99° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.