The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 15, 2120
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2442
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 264.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.35° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.15° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| 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.