The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2000
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
9:13 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 958
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 220.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.14° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.98° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.