The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
2:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2628
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
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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 | 126.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 57.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.99° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.38° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.