The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
4:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.7° / 9.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.72° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.58° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.