The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2078
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
1:35 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1923
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.84° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.43° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.