The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
1:42 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1082
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -12.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.45° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.21° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.