The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
3:47 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 137.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 38.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.20° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.97° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.