The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 1988
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
12:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 810
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 79.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.30° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.84° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.