The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 19, 1974
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
8:44 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 352.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.3° / 138.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 23.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.54° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.28° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.