The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1976
Waning Gibbous
85.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 PM
9:48 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.2%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 661
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -12.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.73° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.78° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.