The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2053
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
12:28 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 6.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.62° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.02° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.07° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.