The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2026
First Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
1:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1280
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.37° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.23° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.