The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1965
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
11:54 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 525
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.30° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.41° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.