The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 19, 2008
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
6:27 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -26.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.05° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.19° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.