The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2158
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
9:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2912
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.44° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.57° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.