The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 2003
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
7:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 995
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 | 209.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.90° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.98° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.