The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2022
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
8:03 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1230
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.42° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.77° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| 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.