The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1939
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
11:29 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 204
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.11° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.92° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.