The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
2:54 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 216
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 | 124.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.51° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.17° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| 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.