The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1908
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
11:49 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -180
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 | 263.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 261.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -7.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.13° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.72° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.