The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1990
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
8:24 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 834
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.6° / 158.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 26.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.28° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.44° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.