The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 2055
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
12:57 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1638
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.60° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.76° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.