The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1986
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
5:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 785
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.2° / 309.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -27.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.02° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.