The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2115
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
8:46 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2380
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.0° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.33° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / -2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.05° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.