The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1943
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:44 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.76° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.59° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.