The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1961
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
10:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 27.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.90° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.19° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.