The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 19, 2015
Waxing Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
11:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.04° / -4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.15° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.