The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
4:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 21.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -20.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.55° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.37° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.