The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1971
Last Quarter
54.6% 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
1:09 AM
1:09 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 599
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.73° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.19° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| 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.