The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
4:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1193
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 355.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.85° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.42° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.