The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2097
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
1:44 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2158
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.13° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.53° / -4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.63° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.