The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2046
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:59 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1527
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 | 217.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.64° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.94° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| 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.