The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 19, 1943
Waning Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
7:37 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 253
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -19.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.81° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.40° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.