The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
2:10 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.61° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.99° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.