The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
4:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1255
Events on this date
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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 | 162.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.3° / 343.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.69° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.77° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.