The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
2:17 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 612
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -17.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.61° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.37° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.