The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2108
First Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
1:24 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2294
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 0.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.05° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.42° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.