The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2002
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
1:08 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 983
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 | 72.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.41° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.43° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.