The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2107
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
9:32 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2282
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 | 7.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.74° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.34° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.27° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.