The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
2:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 983
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.09° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.77° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.