The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1993
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
9:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 872
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 | 7.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.72° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.64° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.