The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
6:44 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1094
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 | 190.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.71° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.