The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1938
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
8:26 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 191
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 | 209.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.02° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.19° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.