The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1989
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
8:07 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 822
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 | 209.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.47° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.79° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.