The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
5:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1193
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.00° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.23° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.