The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 15, 1936
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
5:26 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 166
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.77° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.93° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.