The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 339.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.87° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.17° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.