The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2004
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
11:39 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° 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 | 30.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.46° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.15° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.