The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
1:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 377
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 | 102.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -9.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.80° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.38° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.