The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1919
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
7:50 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -44
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.88° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.42° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.