The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2186
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3259
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° 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 | 46.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.36° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.35° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.