The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1974
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
10:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 637
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 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 | 20.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 104.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.33° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.22° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.