The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2081
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
5:51 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1960
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -28.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.17° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.