The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2129
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2554
Events on this date
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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 Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 85.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.82° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.31° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.