The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2047
Waning Crescent
37.3% 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
1:42 AM
2:59 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1539
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 252.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.35° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.40° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.