The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1992
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 859
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 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.00° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.58° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.