The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2076
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
5:32 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1898
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:49 PM, is deepest at 10:37 PM and ends at 12:25 AM. Totality lasts from 9:46 PM to 11:27 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.38° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.