The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1963
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
2:18 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 500
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 | 280.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.84° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.