The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 1904
First Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
12:23 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -229
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.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 0.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.89° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.69° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.