The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2042
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1478
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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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.81° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.52° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.