The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2042
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
11:53 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1478
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.01° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.77° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.