The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% 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
2:48 PM
2:14 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 785
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 | 104.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -2.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.81° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / -1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.16° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.