The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1974
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
4:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 636
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 | 300.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 13.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.61° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.51° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.29° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.