The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
4:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1490
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 | 169.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.6° / 317.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.77° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.99° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.