The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2137
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
11:04 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2653
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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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 | 22.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.31° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.22° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.