The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2015
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 59.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 8.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.51° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.67° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.