The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1946
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
6:33 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 290
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 | 189.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.65° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.62° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.