The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1935
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 154
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 268.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.25° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.18° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.