The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1955
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
5:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 401
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.54° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.74° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.