The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
4:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.7° / 7.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.30° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.39° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| 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.