The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 19, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
5:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 170.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.63° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.7° |
| 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.