The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 2003
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
6:52 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 995
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 | 196.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.57° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.79° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.