The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 1979
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
11:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 249.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.62° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.59° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.