The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
3:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 649
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 | 142.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.21° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.70° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.78° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.