The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 1906
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 AM
5:58 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.68° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.12° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.