The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2169
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
11:22 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3048
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.82° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.96° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.