The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2012
Waning Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
6:37 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1106
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 | 327.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 209.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.40° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.17° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.