The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 20, 2015
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
11:49 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 15m / 12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.39° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.91° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.