The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
2:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3098
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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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 | 113.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.23° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.97° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.