The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 19, 1976
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
1:47 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 661
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.73° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.61° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.