The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 21, 2179
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
8:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3172
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 | 208.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.44° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.96° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.