The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2003
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
1:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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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 | 270.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / -3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.46° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.01° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.