The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2063
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 AM
11:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1737
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.92° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.16° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.