The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 1960
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:58 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 463
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 | 263.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.06° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.