The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 19, 1996
Waxing Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
11:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 13.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.21° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.72° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.