The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 2027
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
8:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1292
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 274.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.01° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.16° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.