The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2098
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
12:15 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2170
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 | 255.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.13° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.59° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.