The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
2:55 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -19
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 | 124.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.82° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.97° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.