The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1990
Last Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
2:10 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 834
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 254.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.23° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.