The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2051
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
12:58 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1589
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 11m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.15° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.82° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.