The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 15, 2114
Waxing Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
4:17 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2368
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.59° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.35° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.79° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.