The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2060
Waning Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
12:44 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1700
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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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 | 260.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.98° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.21° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.