The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 19, 2003
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
11:27 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 995
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 256.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.43° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.58° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.