The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1973
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
6:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 624
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 | 188.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.13° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.00° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.