The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 253
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 | 158.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 357.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.25° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.17° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.