The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 11, 2015
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 AM
3:46 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1143
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 5.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.93° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.87° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.