The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
2:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2492
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 63.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -14.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.46° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.21° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.59° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| 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.