The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 1997
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
6:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 921
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.8° / 312.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.63° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 337.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.