The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 2101
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
10:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2207
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -15.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.90° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.34° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| 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.