The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2076
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1898
Events on this date
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.36° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.97° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.