The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
3:32 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2801
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 45.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.39° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.99° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.