The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 2002
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
12:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 983
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 | 58.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.33° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.66° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.