The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 2006
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
11:13 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1032
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,900 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.95° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.98° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.