The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 16, 2147
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2776
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.27° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.18° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.36° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.