The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2014
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
3:42 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1131
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 | 293.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 9.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.93° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.46° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.