The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1928
Waxing Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 68
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 | 37.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 86.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 22.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.03° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.14° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.