The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
4:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 80
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 | 163.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.7° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.37° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.57° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.