The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
2:26 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1069
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 | 278.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.35° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.03° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.