The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
5:02 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 389
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 | 170.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.1° / 321.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.43° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| 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.