The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 19, 2010
First Quarter
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
1:13 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1082
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.55° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.66° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.42° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.