The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 2151
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
11:27 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2826
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,200 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.39° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.81° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.