The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
7:14 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.8° / 185.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.20° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.71° / 4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.41° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.