The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
1:52 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 612
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 | 112.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.72° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.58° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.