The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1989
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
6:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 822
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.08° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.60° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.