The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
3:15 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.33° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.17° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.