The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 2185
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
1:09 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3246
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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June solstice
The longest day in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.58° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.80° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.