The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 21, 2122
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
7:26 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2467
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 | 198.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -20.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.76° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.79° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.