The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
3:34 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -13.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.66° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.97° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.