The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
1:37 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2257
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.69° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.60° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| 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.