The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
5:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 18
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.62° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.79° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.