The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1959
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 PM
6:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.23° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 331.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.