The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2071
Waning Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
2:24 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1836
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 | 279.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.68° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.34° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.63° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.