The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1926
Waxing Crescent
33.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
1:00 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.03° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.44° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.