The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1998
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:38 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 933
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 | 259.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.20° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.60° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.