The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
2:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 100.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.20° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.40° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.