The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
3:07 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1688
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 | 129.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.64° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.16° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.