The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
4:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.32° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.58° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| 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.