The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
1:32 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1552
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 | 105.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.38° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.58° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.