The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Waning Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
12:00 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 249.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.1° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.80° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.43° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.37° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.