The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2068
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
7:00 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1799
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.62° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.80° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.