The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2065
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
3:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1762
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.6° / 12.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.92° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.21° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.