The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
3:52 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1861
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -11.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.74° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.81° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.