The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
2:46 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 921
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 | 117.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.83° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.96° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| 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.