The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2139
Waning Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
3:03 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2677
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.03° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.81° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.