The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1917
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
5:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -69
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.3° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.26° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.86° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.