The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 1973
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
9:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 624
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.86° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.59° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.