The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1961
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
1:12 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 82.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / 5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.17° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.00° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.