The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 1997
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
7:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 921
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 | 191.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.81° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.17° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.21° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.