The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1944
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
9:06 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 265
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.3° / 127.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.67° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.49° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 3.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.