The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:57 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3234
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 | 141.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 32.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 22m / -13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.56° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.58° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.