The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
3:05 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2801
Events on this date
-
Mercury 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 | 118.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.52° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.19° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.