The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2030
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
12:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1329
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 | 257.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / 0.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.93° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / -6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.17° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.