The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 2085
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
2:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2009
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.80° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| 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.