The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 2045
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
11:00 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1515
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 96.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.16° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.63° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.