The Moon on this date

Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 2060

Waning Gibbous

97.4% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
22°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
97.4%
Age
16.9 days
Distance
387,800 km
Apparent size
30.8′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
1700

Events on this date

  1. Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

Exact values

For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun198.01°
Phase angle18.54°
Illuminated fraction97.41%
Altitude / azimuth-52.6° / 275.8°
Right ascension / declination19h 00m / -27.43°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude283.33° / -4.69°
Libration in longitude / latitude-5.81° / 6.34°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-23.20° / 1.18°
Position angle of the axis353.7°
Position angle of the bright limb99.5°
Apparent magnitude-12.2

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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