The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
3:20 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.27° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.57° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.