The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 20, 2003
Waning Gibbous
59.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
12:31 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.5%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.11° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.80° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.