The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1900
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
1:27 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.72° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.36° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.