The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1976
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
3:40 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 661
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: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.43° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.07° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.