The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1946
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
7:22 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 290
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 | 200.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.67° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.81° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.