The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 19, 1970
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
9:52 PM
5:38 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 587
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.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -28.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.95° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 160.9° |
| 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.