The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
5:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1032
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 | 310.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.15° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.10° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.