The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 19, 1980
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
1:12 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 6.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.16° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / -2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.42° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.