The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1936
Waning Crescent
8.7% 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
3:32 AM
6:39 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 166
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 | 325.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.7° / 216.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.27° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.17° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.