The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1988
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
11:22 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 810
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 | 26.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.35° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.80° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.