The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
3:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1453
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.58° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.76° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.