The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 1975
First Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
1:06 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.3° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.46° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.61° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.