The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2019
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1193
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 | 229.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 30m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.08° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.75° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.