The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1979
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
5:17 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 313.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 222.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.71° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.71° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.