The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1953
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
12:04 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 377
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.21° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.29° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.