The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
1:30 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 179
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 | 100.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 74.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.08° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.98° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.