The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2074
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
6:28 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.65° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.76° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.