The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1979
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:54 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 698
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 | 262.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.0° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.81° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.80° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.