The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
3:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 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 | 126.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.60° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.57° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.