The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1930
Waning Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
9:43 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 92
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 260.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.09° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.80° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.