The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 1941
Last Quarter
50.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
1:33 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.0%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 228
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.20° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.40° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.