The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 15, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
2:18 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2331
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.7° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.02° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.80° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.