The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
2:46 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.49° / -0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.36° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.