The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2126
Waning Crescent
17.4% 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
3:16 AM
5:03 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2516
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 12.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.14° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.30° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.