The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2056
First Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
1:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.54° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.21° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.