The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1903
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
3:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -242
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 | 298.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.05° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.26° / 1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.22° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.