The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
3:11 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 51.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.38° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.39° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.