The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
3:39 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
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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 | 137.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.33° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.18° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.