The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
1:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 847
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 | 107.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -11.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.72° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.72° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.00° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.