The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 1995
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
8:57 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 896
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.47° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.37° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.