The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
5:00 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1020
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 | 172.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 309.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.25° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.37° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.