The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
1:48 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2962
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 | 107.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -9.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.09° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.19° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| 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.