The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1957
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
1:55 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 426
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.04° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.