The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1926
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
12:27 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.18° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.68° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.