The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2028
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
7:24 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1304
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.6° / 200.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 24.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.09° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.79° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.