The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 PM
2:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1082
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 | 121.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 66.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.14° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.00° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.