The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 1951
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
5:36 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 352
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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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.60° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 161.6° |
| 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.