The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1949
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
10:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 238.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 258.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.49° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.59° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.