The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 2117
Waning Gibbous
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
1:06 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2405
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 | 264.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -3.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.88° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.38° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.