The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2106
Waning Gibbous
85.7% 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
11:31 PM
9:49 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2269
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 | 224.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.43° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.77° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.