The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
4:03 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 21.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.91° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.36° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.