The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1957
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
9:10 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 426
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 | 217.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.84° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.99° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.