The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Waning Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
4:39 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1205
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 | 307.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 228.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.19° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.50° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.