The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
3:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.91° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.15° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.