The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 1972
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
12:18 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 612
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 | 67.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.65° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.47° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.47° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.