The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2023
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
6:57 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1242
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.1° / 203.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.78° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.17° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.