The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 19, 1961
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
12:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 78.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.26° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.23° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.