The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1949
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 AM
11:38 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 327
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 | 249.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.75° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.80° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.