The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1916
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
6:45 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -81
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.72° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.49° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.