The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1984
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
12:42 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 760
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.76° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.21° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.