The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 15, 2009
Last Quarter
52.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
1:23 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1069
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / 0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.66° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.80° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.