The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1994
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
1:01 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 884
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / -1.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.15° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.79° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.