The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 1969
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
10:56 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 575
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 27.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.92° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.61° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.