The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 21, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% 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
4:43 PM
2:38 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2863
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 | 124.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.38° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.58° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| 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.