The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 19, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
5:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 344.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.16° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.78° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.