The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1950
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
12:19 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 340
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 | 58.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.99° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.45° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.