The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
4:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 884
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.
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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 | 155.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.2° / 8.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.19° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.77° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.