The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Waxing Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
11:45 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1082
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.30° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.35° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.