The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2075
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
1:44 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1886
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 69.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.21° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.40° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.