The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2074
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
1:41 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1873
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.78° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.24° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.58° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.