The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2077
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
9:37 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1911
Events on this date
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
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 | 1.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.1° / 116.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 25.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.57° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.70° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.