The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2079
Waning Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
11:39 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1935
Events on this date
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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 | 248.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.50° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.76° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.79° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.