The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 19, 2160
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
6:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2937
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.71° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| 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.