The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
3:30 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1057
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 | 146.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.6° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.43° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.59° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.