The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 2106
Waning Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2269
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 | 235.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -8.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.53° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.97° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.