The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 2140
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
12:19 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2690
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 | 71.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.54° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.07° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.