The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2200
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
1:07 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3432
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.36° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.99° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.