The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1906
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
3:09 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -205
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 | 302.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 5.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.06° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.39° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.