The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
3:37 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 983
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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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.47° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.37° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.