The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 2074
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
5:31 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 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 | 317.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 218.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 12.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.79° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.51° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.