The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 1921
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
6:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -19
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 305.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.70° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.02° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 31.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.