The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1900
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
8:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -13.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.79° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.51° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.