The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1993
Waxing Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
10:21 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 872
Events on this date
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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 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.46° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.39° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.