The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 19, 2179
Full Moon
99.9% 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
9:26 PM
6:15 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3172
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 3:30 AM, is deepest at 5:09 AM and ends at 6:48 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.92° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.42° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.