The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 PM
4:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1824
Events on this date
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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 | 146.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 26.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.53° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.99° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.