The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
2:45 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.79° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.96° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.