The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 1916
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
5:29 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -81
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 304.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -25.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.61° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.30° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| 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.