The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 19, 2004
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
11:01 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 26.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.49° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.25° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.40° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.