The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 1930
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 AM
2:49 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 92
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 3.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.24° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.88° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.