The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2102
Waxing Crescent
29.0% 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
11:33 AM
12:09 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2220
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 | 65.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.00° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.47° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.