The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 1998
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
5:13 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 223.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.19° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.51° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.