The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2008
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
7:27 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° 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 | 201.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.11° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.39° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.