The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1923
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
10:41 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.61° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.58° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.