The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1979
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
6:19 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 698
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 326.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 204.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 39m / 14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.97° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.96° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.