The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 20, 1999
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
1:36 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.83° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.62° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.