The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1908
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
7:01 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -180
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.13° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.90° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.