The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 PM
2:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 847
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 | 119.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.32° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.05° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.79° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.