The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2052
Waning Crescent
44.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
2:13 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.2%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1601
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.83° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.