The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2083
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
12:00 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1985
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 | 59.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 9.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.44° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.28° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.