The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 21, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
1:37 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3432
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 | 100.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.54° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.77° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.