The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2025
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
5:08 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1267
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 | 308.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.56° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.91° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.