The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 2028
Waning Crescent
36.1% 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
1:45 AM
3:07 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1304
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.37° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.82° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.