The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 2103
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
6:03 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2232
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 4:10 AM, is deepest at 5:32 AM and ends at 6:55 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jun 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.46° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.78° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.