The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 PM
1:35 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1317
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 | 106.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.29° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.39° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| 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.