The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1909
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
10:41 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -167
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 | 33.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.84° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.44° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.