The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1995
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
3:24 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 896
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 | 290.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.07° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.64° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.