The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1991
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 847
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 | 57.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 85.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.90° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.90° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.