The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 1906
Waning Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
2:12 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -205
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.06° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.16° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.