The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 1944
Waning Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
4:49 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 265
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 | 309.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 225.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.72° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.50° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.