The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
3:18 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 921
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 | 128.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.26° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.75° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.