The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
2:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1688
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 58.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -8.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.18° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.36° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.