The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
7:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.85° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.