The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2158
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
4:04 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2912
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 | 295.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.14° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.86° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.