The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
3:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1861
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.29° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.00° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.