The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2104
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
8:16 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2244
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 | 345.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.9° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.23° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.83° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.