The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2045
Waxing Crescent
37.7% 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
12:26 PM
12:39 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1515
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 | 75.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 80.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.40° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.66° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.