The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
3:18 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 587
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 | 142.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.63° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.96° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| 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.