The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1999
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
10:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.28° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.81° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.