The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
1:51 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1824
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -4.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.58° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.82° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.