The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1946
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
11:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 290
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 | 246.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.53° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.87° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.62° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.