The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2109
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2306
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.30° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.94° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.