The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1991
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
11:52 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 847
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.48° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.15° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.