The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2073
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
7:00 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1861
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° 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 | 191.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.30° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.