The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 2016
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
6:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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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 | 182.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.14° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.81° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 24.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.