The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 2049
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:55 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1564
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.00° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.98° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.