The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 19, 1981
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
7:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 203.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.35° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.00° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.