The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1980
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
11:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.80° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.37° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.