The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
3:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3036
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 | 125.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 48.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.92° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.40° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.