The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2001
Waning Crescent
26.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 AM
3:54 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.1%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 970
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.32° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.68° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.