The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 20, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
4:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1020
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 | 159.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.6° / 359.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -25.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.55° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.56° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.