The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 19, 1939
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
10:47 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 204
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.32° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.17° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.