The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
2:04 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1552
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.42° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.37° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.