The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1973
Waning Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 244.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.43° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.00° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.