The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
3:11 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 352
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 | 139.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.25° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.76° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.