The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2017
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
11:37 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1168
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -10.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.00° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.98° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.19° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.