The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
11:47 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.68° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.57° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.