The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
1:58 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1020
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 | 96.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 0.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.56° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.57° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.