The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 19, 1998
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
4:03 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 933
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 235.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.72° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.27° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.