The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1912
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
10:08 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -130
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.3° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.42° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.29° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.