The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 1938
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
1:17 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 191
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / 1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.80° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.03° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.23° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.