The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1967
First Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
1:55 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 550
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.49° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.18° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.