The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 19, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
3:39 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3135
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 29.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.83° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.19° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.