The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
3:06 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 983
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 | 125.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.32° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.57° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.