The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1976
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
2:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 661
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 | 282.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 6.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.62° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.84° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.