The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 19, 1992
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
10:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 859
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.16° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.37° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.