The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
2:12 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1255
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 | 105.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -4.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.74° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.77° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.