The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
2:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 352
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 | 126.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.84° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.96° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| 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.