The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1987
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 797
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -13.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.84° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.18° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.