The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2054
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
6:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1626
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 | 185.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.43° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.16° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.