The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
4:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1119
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 | 154.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.4° / 10.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.65° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / -1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.97° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.