The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
3:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 28.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -15.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.33° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.28° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.