The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2072
Waxing Crescent
33.7% 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
11:59 AM
12:27 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1849
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 | 70.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.97° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.27° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| 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.