The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2152
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2838
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 | 221.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -22.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.90° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.77° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.