The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1931
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
12:22 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 105
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.32° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.25° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.