The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 15, 2183
Waning Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
4:22 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3221
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 8.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.80° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.27° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.