The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2160
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 PM
7:43 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2937
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° 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 | 200.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.75° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.16° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.