The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
2:58 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1218
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 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.43° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.76° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| 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.