The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 2068
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1799
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
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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 | 245.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -4.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.50° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.59° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.