The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
5:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 723
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 | 169.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.70° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.58° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| 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.