The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2155
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
1:16 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2875
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.12° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.78° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.