The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2065
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
8:23 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1762
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 210.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.54° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.55° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.