The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 2115
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
1:32 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2380
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.55° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.05° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.61° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.