The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2037
First Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
1:44 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1416
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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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 | 91.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 69.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.91° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.03° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.