The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 1949
Waning Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
3:37 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 293.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.30° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.69° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.