The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1909
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
5:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -168
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 | 330.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.83° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.31° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.