The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
1:54 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2727
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 | 110.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.49° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.00° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.