The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
3:28 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 43.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.06° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.56° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.