The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:44 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -217
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 | 172.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.73° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.09° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.