The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
2:09 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 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 | 102.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -1.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.87° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.98° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.