The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1986
First Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
1:51 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 785
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 3.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.31° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.50° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.38° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.