The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2063
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
4:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1737
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 | 299.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.42° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.27° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.