The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 785
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 | 158.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.0° / 0.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.80° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.37° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.