The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 21, 2187
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
6:35 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3271
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 | 188.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -23.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.87° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.36° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.