The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2056
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
11:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.44° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.39° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.