The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2161
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
6:22 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2949
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° 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 | 323.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.42° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.76° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.