The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
71.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
2:05 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.6%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2257
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 | 115.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.68° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.38° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.