The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2085
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
3:51 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2009
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 | 294.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 248.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.73° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.03° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.