The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2019
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
8:58 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1193
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 | 218.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.07° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.55° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.