The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2103
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
7:13 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2232
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 | 197.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.79° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / -0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.97° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.